Solar powered light strip??

8 years ago

Hey Guys,

I've been looking into adding some lighting to my patio. I wanted to run some led light strips like these under my soffit. This is kind of what i'm going for: https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&biw=944&bih=921&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=jRbrWuW1JoSUjwSZlrG4Cw&q=led+light+strip+patio&oq=led+light+strip+patio&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0.54889.58169.0.58361.21.16.0.5.5.0.99.1299.16.16.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.21.1319...0i67k1j0i30k1j0i8i30k1j0i24k1.0.ZxKyVJN-ozQ#imgdii=H9-o3SLZnBcIzM:&imgrc=GapixVh8bhdMBM:

My question is how can I connect these using solar power? I have several solar spotlights so i figure there must be a way to use that tech for string lights.

I found something like this on amazon but i need to figure out how to do it myself so I can customize it to my needs:

http://a.co/8kGnpvp

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Steve J

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Solar lights generally do not give off that amount of light, and are generally pretty under powered. You’d need a good sized solar panel or panels and a healthy battery or set of batteries to run lighting like that for a decent amount of time It just wouldnt be cost effective unless you had no other options.

You’d want something like this, plus a deep cycly battery, plus led lights that worked off of 12v.

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Comments (7)

mtvhike
8 years ago
Since you will probably using these at night, why use solar power (you will need batteries) and at Steve mentioned, this will not be easy. Why not just power them from your home electrical system?
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J Lozano
Original Author
8 years ago
Yea I've been looking into it. It might not be worth the hassle of putting it together. A system like Steve pointed out might be worth looking into in the future.
mtvhike
5 years ago
There are many solar powered garden lights which, of course, are weatherproof. You would have to find some which are open to the sky and can also provide downlight for your patio; perhaps walkway lights might work. I bought some cheap "driveway lights" (ones that are designed to be run over) and those which weren't removed by the snowplow still work until fairly late at night. They have rechargeable AA batteries inside.
sushipup1
5 years ago
mtvhike, this old thread was bumped by spam from "heizen". Just flag it.
mtvhike
5 years ago
yes, Sushipup, I didn't notice the date. Probably has the problem solved by now!
sushipup1
5 years ago
Looks like the spammer got zapped!